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Speke's Weaver, Ploceus spekei, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON in open woodland and acacia habitats, also around settlements.
Nairobi, Kenya.
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Male Village Weaver, Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps, 17cm. / 6.5in. Widespread and very COMMON in a wide range of habitats and human settlements.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Male Black-faced Sandgrouse, Pterocles decoratus decoratus, 23 cm / 9 in. COMMON in areas of dry, open and bushed grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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go-away bird at Masai Mara
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4-5.6 IS II L USM
@ f/5.6 1/2000 ISO 400
Malachite Kingfisher (Mainland), Corythornis cristatus cristatus, 12cm. / 5in. COMMON and widespread in East Africa in all types of water with fringing vegetation. Photographed handheld from a small boat.
Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides nectarinioides, 10 - 13 cm / 4 - 5 in. COMMON in semi-arid habitat.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Trilling Cisticola, Cisticola woosnami woosnami, 14cm / 4.5in. COMMON in a wide variety of grassland with scattered bush and trees.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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European Roller, Coracias garrulus garrulus, 31 cm / 12 in. COMMON Palearctic winter visitor and passage migrant. Bushed and wooded grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya,
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Female Von der Decken's Hornbill, Tockus deckeni, 48cm. / 19in. Widespread and COMMON in dry bushed and wooded grassland from sea level to 1,700 meters.
Mzuma Springs, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Diagnostic African Hawk-Eagle, Aquila spilogaster, 68 cm / 27 in. Record shot of a quite distant bird. Fairly COMMON in open woodland, bush and semi-arid habitat but none came in close.
Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kilifi, Coast, Kenya.
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Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori struthiunculus, 105-135 cm. / 3 ft. 5 in- 4 ft 5 in. COMMON. Open grassy haitat and short grass near isolated trees and bushes. Plains, arid plateaus, high veld grassland, arid scrub, lightly-wooded savanna, open dry bush veld and semi-desert. Not found in wooded or forested habitat because this is the largest flying bird of Africa and requires a lot of open space in which to take flight.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa
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Black-necked Weaver, Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis, 14 cm. / 5.5 in. Widespread, but never numerous in a variety of habitat.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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lilac breasted roller
Nukuru National Park
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4-5.6 L IS II USM
@ f/5.6 1/500 ISO 100
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The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
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Swamp Flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica infulata, 14cm. / 5.5in. Restricted to Western Kenya there it is COMMON around swamps, papyrus reed beds and along lake shores.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Black Crake, Zapornia flavirostra, 20cm. / 8in. Widespread and often COMMON on any lake or small pond with fringing and floating vegetation. Handheld from the boat.
Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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